Month: October 2014

A pre-sentence investigation has been scheduled for one of two Fond du Lac men convicted of participating in a business burglary spree.  Anthony Buechel and James Meisner were arrested in February for burglarizing several businesses including taverns in the city of Fond du lac and Fond du lac County.  Meisner  pleaded no contest to one count of burglary.  A deferred prosection agreement was ordered on two other counts and 25 […]

Fond du Lac congressman Tom Petri testified this week at a hearing of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Representative Tom Petri (R-WI) testified on behalf of Wisconsin-based paper company Appvion, Inc., to support extending the countervailing duties on lightweight thermal paper from China and Germany.  Petri was joined by U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and U.S. Representatives Reid Ribble (R-WI) and Mike Turner (R-OH) at the hearing in […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke is making a final plea to get voters on her side.  Burke says affordable higher education is a key to creating and filling good paying jobs.  Burke says if she is elected, she would support raising the minimum wage.  Burke says the governor’s divide and conquer strategy has stunted economic growth in Wisconsin.  "We have to make sure that we put aside this divisiveness.   […]

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker says he had nothing to do with allegations that his Democratic opponent Mary Burke was fired from her job at the family business Trek Bicycles in 1993. Walker said during a campaign stop in Sheboygan today that he is not behind the story coming out in the final week of the campaign.

The director of the Marquette Law School poll says voters, not polls elect candidates… and says voter turnout will still be key in Tuesday’s election.  The final poll showed governor Scott Walker up by seven points among likely voters…but up by just one point among all registered voters.  Poll director Charles Franklin says there were some other significant findings in the poll including how independent voters were leaning and the […]

A Fond du Lac County cheese plant is expanding.  The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says it has authorized up to $800,000 in tax credits to support a $7 million expansion project at Baker Cheese Factory Inc. of St. Cloud.  The project is expected to create as many as 40 jobs.  The amount of tax credits awarded depends on how many new jobs are created.   The WEDC news release says  […]

BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — The Dodge County Humane Society says two neglected dogs brought to the shelter weren't abandoned in a dumpster as the man who delivered them had claimed.  Humane Society president Ryan Vossekuil says when police investigated the case of possible animal neglect, they found the man wasn't telling the truth. He had claimed he found the small dogs in a dumpster behind a Beaver Dam grocery […]

A Waupun man is in custody following a disturbance involving a group of people.  The  Dispatch Center received a hang up 911 call Wednesday afternoon and when officers arrived on scene they noticed a vehicle attempting to leave the area.  When the officer made contact with this vehicle and occupants he detected the strong order of  marijuana.  Police say the driver was uncooperative and physically fought with officers attempting to […]